Gate.



S. A. SLAUSON.

GATE.

APPLICATION UNE 25; 1913. 1,215,728. Patented Feb. 13,1917.

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GATE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 25. I913- Patented Feb. 13, 1917.

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STEPHEN A. SLA'USON, 0F CEDAR BAPIDQ IQWA.

GATE,

Specification of Letters Patent.

lat nted n e-13, 1911- Application vfiled June 25, 191.3. Serial No.775,827.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, STEPHEN A. SLA soN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cedar Rapids, in the county of Linn and State of Iowa, haveinvented certain new Gates, of which.

and useful Improvements in the following 1s a specification, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying of my invention are the provisionof a gate which may readily be swung in either d1I8C-' tion andautomaticallyreturned to place, means for adjusting the pivotal gatepostvertically, means for adjusting longitudinally the horizontal tubes inorder to stretch or slacken the wire netting, and other de-' tails whichwill appear from the following specification and claims.

I have illustrated my invention in connection with a gate of theso-called folding swing type in which horizontal bars are pivotallyconnected at their ends to two vertical gate posts, thus permitting thefree or latch end of the gate to be raised vertically and retained insuch a position.

In the drawings I Figure 1 is a. side elevation "of my improved gate inits normal position.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of my improved gate with the latchendelevated.

Fig. '8 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view through'the fencepostshowing any improved hanger, the section being taken on the line 3-3of Fig. i.

4 is a horizontal sectional view on the line H of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a vertical'sectional view through the gate post. l I p 4 tFig. 6 is a vertical transverse sectional view through the gateshowingthe spacer bars positioned midway the-endso'f the gate.

Fig; 7 is anen'large'd side view oftheexpander pivotally connecting *the*horizontal tubular bars to theverticalposts. v

' Fig. -8' is a vertical longitudinal sectional view through theexpander shown in Fig. 7. In the drawings, the letters A, 13, indicatetwo vertical fence :posts between which my gate is hung. Thegate itselfcom-prisesin 'genera l two vertical tubular =gate posts C, '1),connected and hcld in spaced relation byztwo horizon al t bular ba E, FThe at h nging en at the'he iz n e-l ba s 11. re inserted in ekete 1 anf hich r d and stradd the t bu ar pe s G. Bolts 3 are passed through thef rked ends nd form pivo al conn ctions betwee t e horizontal bars nd ep t O- The 919- posite nds of th b s 15, are elidably carried within theexpand e nd the nd f hich. a fo ked to pa ial y ncircle the post D.Bolts 6 are passed thro gh the p t D an he fo ked ds of the e p nd ethereby p oviding piv tal connections between the horizontal bars andthe post D- I 1 r A wir n tt ng 7 is st e ched etwe n e series of hooks.8 positioned in the upright posts C and 'D- 'F gl e t lu t a e t mannerof ec r ng" the e ke in Pl ce- Holes 9 aredrilled through the innersides of the tu ular p sts f a diamet eq al that of th hooks 8, hes bing, wh n rst plate in p sit n. straight reds l0 Di ctly pnesite the hoes 9. a c nd s t 11 are drilled in alin ment with th hol 9 and of a dimet r s ight y gr at r than tha of th heads-1:2 formed on th ho ks T eheaded rods 10 are then inserted from the outer sides of the posts andthe ends of the rods ent ever to form thehooks 8. As a result of this'manner of mounting the wire carry.- sho ks" the outer wall of the postD is Smooth and has no projection as is the case when bolts are passedthrough'both walls of the posts, or where the wires themselves arewrapped around the post t0 secure the netinzplace. r or The post 5D is.rotatably carried 'by mo hangers 13. V :Studs 14 are tapped into therear facesiof the hangers andeX-tend through the'fence post B. "Nu tsandwashers 1'5 and 16 are placed on (the studs at each side of v the fencepost :thus providing an adjustable support ivhcreby "the hangers mayreadily be moved toward or away from .the'

13do not quite encircle i 7 posts. The hangers U V the post D,fbeingprovided with an opening 17 o'f a width sufficient e0 pass over thehooks 8, thus permitting the post D to move up or downin the hangerswithout-inter ference. A pin 19 is passed throughthelupright post D andrests up'on the upper face of the clinedlor cam-shaped as at 18so thatwhen the post isrotated in swinging the gateopen hanger 13, this surfacebeing 111-.

it is raised-through the medium .:of the pin and the tendency isconstantly to close the gate. In order that the gate may be held in awide open position when desired, a notch or groove 20 is formed in thetop or rear of the inclined surface 18 so that when thepin is rotated toa angles to that which it one end will drop into the groove 20 and holdthe gate in open position. A slight force is then necessary to move thepin out of the groove and close the gate. The pin 19 is connected to aconvenient point in the post D by means of a chain 21 and a series ofpin-receiving holes 22 are drilled in the post so as to provide verticaladjustment of this end of the gate. It is for this reason that theopening 17 is provided in the hangers so as to permit the post to bemoved up or down without interference with the wirecarrying hooks 8.

The expanders which connect the horizontal bars with the posts C and Dare shown in enlarged views Figs. 7 and 8. A description of one willserve for both. The horizontal tubular bar E extends within the tubularopening in the expander 4 and is free to slide therein. The opposite endof the expander is forked out as at 23 to receive the vertical post D,holes 24 being formed in the ends of the forks through which the pivotbolts 6 are inserted. The tube E is secured in the expander in thefollowing way: A vertical pin 25 extends through a hole drilled in thetube E and is provided at its upper end with an enlarged head 26; Afterbeing placed in positions the lower end of the rod 25 is headed over asat 27 to secure it in position. A longitudinal slot is formed in thecasting within which the pin can slide. Two upright lugs 28 and 29extend from the expander casting 4: at each end of the slot, the lug 28being formed with an opening to receive the bolt 30, and the lug 29being formed with a recess 31 to receive the end of the bolt and form anend thrust bearing. The head 26 is threaded to receive the threaded rod30 position at right normally occupies,

and it is obvious that, when by means of a wrench applied to the squaredhead 32 the rod is turned in one direction, the head 26 will move,together with the tube E, in one direction, whereas turning the rod inthe opposite direction will reverse the movement of the tube. A simpleand easily adjustable joint is thus provided by which the length of thetubes E and F may be readily varied, either shortened for slackening thewire mesh 7 or lengthened for tightening it.

A depending lug 33 is formed on the upper expander casting and receivesone end of a heavy coil spring 34, the other end of which is connectedby a wire 35 to a lug 36 formed on the casting 2. The spring normallytends to elevate the latch endof the gate to a position such as shown inFig. 2.

above the bar E and the wire 40 strung be- I tween the posts below thebar F. In order to space the vertical angle pieces 37 I have insertedbetween their parallel faces a series of tubular spacers 41 throughwhich extend rivets or bolts 12. In this way a rigid structure is formedwhich clamps tightly upon the wires and also engages the horizontal barsE and F, but, at the same time, permits suflicient movement of the barsto permit the elevation of the latch end of the gate.

In order to hold the latch end of the gate down, as shown in Fig. 1,against the action of the spring 34, I have provided a looped wire 43which is secured at its ends to the supports 37 directly above the bar Fat each side of the gate. The loop end of the wire extends toward thelatch end of the gate and up over the casting 1. The upper edge of thecasting 1 is provided with a series of notches 414 in which the loopedend of the wire 43 operates. By moving the looped end of the wire 4-3from one notch to another, various adjustments of the front end of thegate may be obtained.

I have indicated a gate latching mechanism by the letter G, though anyother form may be used.

What I claim is 1. The combination with a folding swinging wire gate, ofvertical wire-carrying posts, horizontal bars, socket members receivingthe ends of the horizontal bars and pivotally connected with thevertical posts, and a resilient connector between and uniting two of thediagonally disposed sockets whereby the tendency of the gate. V

2. A gate having in combination a frame comprising an upper horizontalbar, a lower horizontal bar, bars of which one is arranged at the vertically movable end of the gate and another is arranged at the hingingend, the vertical bars being each hinged to each of the horiis tonormally elevate one end zontal bars, an elastically extensible tensiondevice arranged to tend to lift one end of said frame relatively to theother, and an adjustable controlling device arranged to permit thevertically movable end bar to be bodily raised and alsoto positivelystop the rising of said bar at any of several points.

3. A gate having a longitudinal exten-- formed with sibleparallel-rule-like frame vertical bars and parallel horizontal barshinged together, means for a series of parallel vertical supporting thea stationary support and hinging it upon an approximately vertical axis,and means for rigidly holding the other end of the frame in either ofseveral positions vertically relatively to the hinged end.

5. A gate having a longitudinal extensible parallel-rule-like frameformed with vertical bars and parallel horizontal bars hinged together,means for hinging one end of said frame on an approximately verticalaxis, means for holding the horizontally swinging end of the frame ineither of several positions vertically relatively to the hinged end, andmeans for automatically causing the swinging end to move horizontallytoward a predetermined vertical plane through the hinge axis.

6. A gate having a longitudinally extensible parallel-rule-like frameformed of,

horizontal bars and vertical end bars pivotally connected to thehorizontal bars and adjustable toward and from each other, and

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a wire netting having mesh wires and horizontal strand wires which aresecured to the said adjustable end bars.

7. A gate having a vertical bar at the hinging end, the horizontal bars,a relatively stationary fastening device for the swinging end, avertical bar at the swinging end of the gate engaged by said fasteningdevice, a wire netting in the panel space surrounded by the saidhorizontal bars and the said end bars, open hooks attached to the innerfaces of the vertical bars and engaged by the strands of the saidnetting, and means for adjusting said vertical bars away from oneanother to maintain the tension of the said netting and prevent theescape of its strands from the said hooks.

S. A gate having a parallel-rule-like frame comprising the vertical endbars, the horizontal bars and the forked brackets at the ends of thehorizontal bars rigid therewith and each pivoted to one of the end barseach horizontal bar being slidable relatively to the bracket at one ofits ends, and means for locking the sliding bars, after adjustment, totheir brackets.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature,

in presence of two witnesses.

STEPHEN A. SLAUSON. Witnesses:

M. R. ZILA, G. P. LINVILLE.

Washington, D. G.

